Autodesk Revit up to 2022.1.6/2023.1.4/2024.2.1/2025 DWG File stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Autodesk Revit up to 2022.1.6/2023.1.4/2024.2.1/2025. Impacted is an unknown function of the component DWG File Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-37008. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Autodesk Revit up to 2022.1.6/2023.1.4/2024.2.1/2025 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component DWG File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A maliciously crafted DWG file, when parsed in Revit, can force a stack-based buffer overflow. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

It is possible to read the advisory at autodesk.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-37008 since 05/30/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/24/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Autodesk

Name

• Revit

Version

• 2022.1.0
• 2022.1.1
• 2022.1.2
• 2022.1.3
• 2022.1.4
• 2022.1.5
• 2022.1.6
• 2023.1.0
• 2023.1.1
• 2023.1.2
• 2023.1.3
• 2023.1.4
• 2024.2.0
• 2024.2.1
• 2025

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• commercial

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